Presented by Susan B. Spencer, LCSW; Jill Foster, MD; Theresa Parrino, LCSW; Ana Nunaz, MD; Candance Robertson, MPH Funded by the Office on Woman’s Health

 A safety plan details how and what a woman can do to better protect herself.  Safety plans are offered to try to help a woman plan how to be safer in an unsafe situtation  In the HIV world this is harm reduction

 Sexual safety planning for women in violent relationships may be detailed or may not  Her plan for safety may only consist of getting tested  Or it may be more detailed, this presents a barrier

Before the programAfter the program All or most of the time Discussed HIV with clients 5.9% 60% Recommended HIV testing to clients 11.8% 70% Inclusion of HIV risk reduction into safety planning 11.1% 66.7%

 Institutional changes-important as not dependent on a person  Included in 40 hour training on DV  Inclusion in community outreach program  Inclusion in curriculum for counseling DV survivors  CTR sites adopted DV screening